Word: 18th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...sets, all made during the 18th and 19th centuries, come from China, India, Morrocco, Germany, and France. One of the French sets, made in 1720, shows Oliver Cromwell and Louis XIII as opposing kings...
...which means: "Give me a kiss, please, Miss. I like your nose''- and two-line essays on moral subjects (e.g., "Nothing fails like Success"). They spoke English fluently, but after the manner (somewhat corrupted) of their 18th Century creator, Jonathan Swift. They would say: "He fell Victim to Intoxication, and dismounted from his Nag to seek the Safety of the Terra Firma...
...book's charm lies in Author White's nostalgic evocation of 18th Century life, his knowledge of animal and country lore (in private life he is an ardent naturalist), and his ability to make genuinely dramatic such absurdities as the thrilling rescue of Maria by the Lilliputian rat-cavalry. The best things in Mistress Masham's Repose are the mischievous parodies of human clichés-of-thought-as when Captain, a dog, muses on the virtues of his owner, the cook...
Professor Evans roams far & wide in the age-old land of nonsense. He reminds his readers that generations of theologians debated the question of whether Adam and Eve had navels, and in the 18th Century were especially concerned over the exact location of Noah's cabin on the Ark. He comes down hard on such promotional notions as "miraculous cures" (highly profitable to the yellow press), and has fun with the thousands who earnestly believe that a curse lies upon those who excavated the tomb of Tutankhamen (Mystery-Writer Edgar Wallace once noted ominously "that the very...
...Piobaireachd was anglicized to pibroch in the 18th Century but Gaelic purists still cling to the ancient spelling...